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It might sound dumb but would fingernail polish fill that appropriately? Or, maybe some epoxy from a fiberglass repair kit with some copper tape as the combiner trace.
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Its not as sharp as i wanted, and the left side is missing some ground trace. But it might be good enough if i tune down to a few watts?
I wonder if it would be better to remove the existing caps and remove the entire RF trace. That way it would be one solid piece of copper.
Its not as sharp as i wanted, and the left side is missing some ground trace. But it might be good enough if i tune down to a few watts?
I wonder if it would be better to remove the existing caps and remove the entire RF trace. That way it would be one solid piece of copper.
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Leave as much as possible.
The lowest impedance and most critical part of the output matching is the part closet to the FET. The burned out bit you've replaced will be less critical. However, you will need good caps for any sort of power. Try and get ones from American Technical Ceramics but in any case high current low esr RF caps.
The lowest impedance and most critical part of the output matching is the part closet to the FET. The burned out bit you've replaced will be less critical. However, you will need good caps for any sort of power. Try and get ones from American Technical Ceramics but in any case high current low esr RF caps.
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